The Advocate received an e-mail recently from a publicist pushing a good cause — we get a lot of these, but this one was from an eighth grader.

Abigail Cartwright, a student at William B. Travis, is participating in the Destination Imagination competition wherein contestants are challenged to garner some media attention for a cause. Her team’s is the salvation of hotel soap, which has both environmental and financial implications.

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I plan to respond to Abigail with a few tips about outrageous publicity stunts and the like (think PETA ), but meanwhile, watch this cool video she and her teammates created, and learn a thing or two about soap’s effect on the environment and how you can make a difference.